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posted 01-03-2015 11:47 AM
The Ladycats are playing good basketball and are turning out to be be one of the best teams in the country.
UK Hoops 2014-15 Postgame Notes
No. 11/11 Kentucky 78, Alabama 66
Foster Auditorium – Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Jan. 2, 2015
Team Records and Series Notes
Kentucky improves to 12-2, 1-0 SEC, while Alabama falls to 11-5, 0-1 SEC. This was the conference opener for both teams.
Kentucky moves to 723-488 (62.2) all-time in 41 seasons of varsity women’s basketball and 189-158 (54.5) in the month of January.
Matthew Mitchell is in his eighth season as the head coach of the Wildcats. He already ranks first on UK’s all-time wins list with 182 and his winning percentage is .740 percent. Mitchell is now 72-37 in SEC play, 31-24 on the road.
Kentucky has won its last four SEC openers, and is 17-16 all-time in conference openers.
This was the 42nd meeting between the programs since UK became a varsity sport in 1974-75. UK leads the series 25-17 and the series is now even at 10-10 in Tuscaloosa.
Kentucky has won three straight in Foster Auditorium.
Today’s attendance was 2,654.
Next up: UK will play Ole Miss in its SEC home opener on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. The game will be live on the SEC Network with Cara Capuano and Nell Fortner.
First Half Notes
UK started with the lineup of Janee Thompson, Kyvin Goodin-Rogers, Linnae Harper, Makayla Epps and Azia Bishop. UK is now 2-0 with this lineup and has started the last two games with this starting five.
Freshman Alexis Jennings led UK with 14 points and two rebounds. Marks the second straight game she has scored double figures in the first half.
Also had an assist and a steal, going 6-of-9 from the floor and 2-of-4 from the free throw line.
Kentucky forced Alabama into 13 turnovers, scoring 13 points off those turnovers.
Alabama outrebounded Kentucky 31-13, scoring 14 second-chance points to UK’s four.
UK is now 5-2 when trailing at the half.
Second Half Notes
UK began the second half with Jen O’Neill replacing Kyvin Goodin-Rogers from its starting five.
Trailing by 10 points, Janee Thompson scored seven straight points to pull UK within three.
Led by two 3-pointers from Kyvin Goodin-Rogers, UK then used an 18-0 run to give UK a 72-55 lead with 4:43 to play.
After getting outrebounded 31-13 (-18) in the first half, Kentucky outrebounded the Crimson Tide 20-19 in the second half.
UK went 18-of-37, shooting 48.6 from the floor in the second half.
The Wildcats held Alabama to just 8-of-21 (31.8) from the floor.
Kentucky outscored the Crimson Tide 50-30 in the second half.
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